public domain
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpublic doˈmain noun [singular] law PUBLIC/NOT PRIVATEsomething that is in the public domain is available for anyone to have or use 公有领域 The information is not currently in the public domain. 该资料目前未进入公版领域。 Public domain software is sometimes called shareware. 公共软件有时被称为共享软件。
Examples from the Corpus
public domain• Border Patrol spokeswoman Andrea Privette says the federal agents can work anywhere in public domain.• Women are entitled to space both in the domestic context and in the public domain.• But only one record of last year's storms - the worst for years - is in the public domain.• A company can protect information of this kind only so long as it is confidential to the business and not in the public domain.• Broadly, the purpose of the City Code is to protect the shareholder in the public domain.• During the four decades following the Civil War, 183 million acres went out of the public domain into railroad ownership.• Entry to the public domain is therefore a difficult undertaking for women.is ... in the public domain• The four-day hearing was in private but the panel's 37-page report is in the public domain.• But only one record of last year's storms - the worst for years - is in the public domain.ˌpublic doˈmain nounChineseSyllable
in domain that the something Corpus public is
public domain
ˌpublic doˈmain
noun [singular] law
something that is in the public domain is available for anyone to have or use:
The information is not currently in the public domain.
Public domain software is sometimes called shareware.
ˌpublic doˈmain
noun [singular] lawsomething that is in the public domain is available for anyone to have or use: